GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| lax | loose |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| render | to melt down |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |